My ex-brother in-law shot video of his stupid kid being born. Whilst pushing, the Heironymous Bosch nightmare that was the brood mare sharted a vast quantity of liquishits all over the doc and the emerging kid. AND NOT EVEN THIS PREVENTED THEM FROM PROUDLY SHOWING EVERYONE THE FOOTAGE OF THEIR PRECIOUS "MIRACLE".

Yeah, my friend's mom actually had one of the birth pictures framed. I was 7 the first time I saw it and thought the umbilical cord was an intestine coming out of her. Who knew umbilical cords were so gross looking?

I have noticed a trend among parents to prefix details of their children with terms like "wonderful". Nobody says "I have two kids" anymore. Instead, everybody says "and I have two wonderful kids". On average, the average kid is only going to be average. I look forward to the day when an honest parent will say "here are some photos of my average kids".

But they can't do that, because every child is a unique little snowflake, right? They deserve that participation award. It's certainly not contributing to the rapid deterioration of our school system and producing a generation that is even more self-obsessed and privileged than mine (which is saying something).

I kind of agree for a few reasons 1. all babies kind of look the same. 2. I kind of don't like the idea of karma whoring using my child's picture (like yeah you could be upvoted, but your child could be made into a derp or incest meme) Just saying...

Yeah I totally agree, it's kind of spooky putting your kids pictures out there for the world to see. If people don't care about their privacy at least respect somebody else's privacy that isn't old/intelligent enough yet to make a decision for them self.

Has nothing to do with privacy for me. My kids now? Pretty cute. When they were born? Looked like miniature old men from some freaky movie. Most babies do. Newborns aren't cute. They take at least a year or so to start looking like they are actual humans or don't have some weird Benjamin Button disorder.

Agreed x1000. I was in a research study once that presented an article about the science behind why we "woo" over babies and what not - something about it being hard-wired into us. I then felt bad for whoever spent the money for that study.

Babies aren't cute. They are loud. They are annoying. They drive me fucking insane. Out to eat? WHAAAA Oh shut the fuck up. At the movies? WHAAAA Oh what the hell. Anywhere, anytime, appropriate or not? WHAAA Christ kill me now.

I've seen similar studies. Ones that show that we're hardwired to percieve things as "cute" when they possess features such as short necks, big heads, chubby legs and whatnot. I don't find any of those cute unless they apply to a bunny. Babies just seem like creepy little sub-humans. Personally, I think grown people are cuter.

They're cute sometimes, but honestly, all babies look the exact freaking same to me. If you showed me a picture of a baby and told me to pick it out of a lineup of babies, I don't know if I'd be able to do it. Then again, whenever people are talking about which parent the baby looks like more, I can't ever see what they're talking about. "Oh it has his chin, and her nose!" No it doesn't. It has a baby chin, and a baby nose that look nothing like either parent.

It's really cute that parents are obsessed with their babies. When I was a baby, my parents were obsessed with every little fart and shit and dribble, and it was awesome. I was treated like royalty. I could do no wrong. I was the cutest thing in the world to them.

But to EVERYONE ELSE, your baby looks exactly like that baby. Or that baby. Or that baby. Stop posting pictures of your babies on Reddit. Please.

I have an ex-gf who's married with kids now. Her kids look like little fucking aliens.

I don't comment on ugly babies. The odd time I see a cute kid, I say so.This is my secret way of telling the people with ugly babies that their babies are ugly. They might pick up on it if they weren't so busy taking pictures of their ugly fucking kids.

You forget where you are. Reddit hates babies. Most people here are college-age or younger and hate babies because they are not at the stage in life where it is a good idea to have babies. So, as a dependent that is much less maintenance, they turn to cats and dogs and such. I was also terrified of babies when I was younger.

I'm pretty sure that absolute declaration isn't up to you. What's awww and what isn't is very subjective. Some baby animals that are frequently posted I think are hideous. We get it, reddit hates babies. But keep this arrogant blanket statement shit to yourself. braces for downvote storm

I know I'm the third person to say this -- but it bears repeating because I'm sick of hearing it. This just isn't true. You don't think babies are cute. A lot of other people don't think babies are cute. That's okay.

I have many friends on Facebook that post pictures of their pets. It goes both ways. Showing off your kids or your pets is the same to me. Both acceptable. On Reddit, I only see people showing off their pets, probably because most of the baby ones are down-voted. Young people tend to get pets instead of having kids. And this is good - they are young and should probably wait. After growing and maturing a little, the desire to have children usually starts occurring. It's nature's way of keeping the species alive.

Nah, only if you let it. You change a bit, and you find happiness in seeing the world through their eyes. But you have to remember to maintain your own identity and continue with the things you enjoyed before kids. It just becomes more of a balancing act.

I'm not sure what your purpose is here. Let's see. My dad lost touch with all his friends, and both got stuck in an unhappy marriage for the better part of 30 years because neither wanted to put their kids through a divorce.

Yeah well he's a good kid. Never once got in trouble as a teen. He is however the Hipster poster child, large collection of old cameras, huge vinyl record collection (played on ONLY vintage turntables!), mostly jazz from the 30's and 40's, Books on every obscure Russian author you can think of, degree from "art" school, French cigarettes, vintage clothes etc... etc... etc...

I once posted in /r/askscience why people find baby animals cute but baby humans ugly (or at least don't get that same emotional reaction when they see a baby human). It would seem, from a natural point of view, that baby animals would be seen as an easy source of food.. yet for some reason all we want to do is hug them. I never got much of an answer other than "this has been asked before", even though the question was never given a decent answer.

I'll settle this right now, Anyone who posts pictures of their baby are required to post their physical address as well. I will personally fly to your home and slap both of you in the face for trying to force your ugly sack of potatoes down the collective internet's throat.

NOBODY likes it when a co-worker corners them & pulls out a wallet to show pictures of a slimy,greasy,newborn....So why would it be any different when you do it on a MASSIVE scale via reddit?